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| U.N. Agency Continues Food Shipments to Afghanistan |
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FRI, OCT 12, 2001
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The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) continued its food shipments into Afghanistan, with 40 trucks en route from Peshawar to Kabul carrying 1,000 metric tons of food, a statement said Thursday.
"Millions of people in Afghanistan rely on us for food," it said. "WFP is in a race against time to send food into Afghanistan. "
"It is one of the most difficult tasks WFP has faced in its history. The harsh winter is approaching and many human lives are at stake," it said
WFP said it will have food stocks inside Afghanistan of over 12, 000 tons, sufficient for the needs of over 3.4 million people for one week. But the agency also cautioned that distribution networks, which have been disrupted, must be rebuilt.
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